Tuesday, 1 November 2016

LA Larkin on Ice in London

Book reviewers are always on
the lookout for something new, something fresh and something unusual; so it was
a delight to meet up with fellow literary commentators in London to listen to
British-Australian writer LA Larkin talk
about her British debut thriller Devour.

Top : L-R Karim & Forshaw, Karim & Phil Patterson

Bottom : Jon Coates & LA Larkin

Devour was picked up by
Constable an imprint of Little, Brown and speaking to her publishers, I
remarked how interesting it is to see a Techno-Thriller make their 2017
offerings.

So what’s Devour about?

Their greatest fear was contaminating an ancient
Antarctic lake, buried beneath the ice for millions of years. They little knew
the catastrophe they were about to unleash.

Welcome to the high octane world of Olivia Wolfe.

As an investigative
journalist, Wolfe lives her life in constant peril. Hunted by numerous enemies
who are seldom what the first seem, she must unravel a complex web of lies to
uncover an even more terrifying truth.

From the poppy palaces of
Afghanistan and Antarctica's forbidding wind-swept ice sheets, to a top-secret
military base in the Nevada desert, Wolfe's journey will ultimately lead her to
a man who would obliterate civilisation. She must make an impossible choice:
save a life - or prevent the death of millions.

And
who is LA Larkin?

Louisa
Larkin, has been likened to Michael
Crichton and Matthew Reilly.The Genesis Flawwas nominated for four crime fiction
awards andThirstdescribed as, 'The best Antarctic thriller
sinceIce Station Zebra'. An adventurer at heart, Larkin has spent time
in the Antarctic, with scientists at the British Antarctic Survey and the
Australian Antarctic Division.

So a cadre of London critics including Jon Coates of The Express, Jake
Kerridge of The Telegraph, and The Man of Noir, Barry
Forshaw and many others found ourselves breaking bread with Louisa Larkin
at The Reindeer Room, where we were introduced to Devour –

Then after our meal, we ventured into The Ice Bar, which was an extraordinary
experience as this video indicates –

And here are some photographs of the event, for
after the 45 minutes in the artic temperatures; we had to have strong hot
coffee, fortified with gin to recover.

Shots have copies on discount and available
for pre-order here
as Devour looks like a very interesting
thriller to kick start 2017.

Shots
eZine would like to thank Constable, Little Brown, Sophie Ransom and her
colleagues for organising a rather interesting lunch, and cocktails in London’s
Ice Bar – a rather suitable venue to launch Devour, with its permafrost
narrative and delightful author.